blackpeppercorns_448x253(1)The Kroger Co. said today it is recalling Kroger Ground Cinnamon, Kroger Garlic Powder, Kroger Coarse Ground Black Pepper and Kroger Bac’n Buds sold in its retail stores due to possible contamination from Salmonella.

A sample of Kroger Garlic Powder from a store in North Augusta, South Carolina was tested by the FDA and found

pork-chopsWashington State health officials are working with state and local partners to investigate several cases and clusters of Salmonella infections that appear to be linked to eating pork. The ongoing investigation of at least 56 cases in eight counties around the state includes food served at a variety of events.

Disease investigators continue to explore

stewart-parnell-hearing.0Sentencing is September 21 – See, Sentencing Brief.

AP’s Russ Bynum reports that Federal court officers are recommending what attorneys are calling an “unprecedented” sentence of life in prison for a peanut executive convicted in a salmonella-poisoning case. Former Peanut Corporation of American owner Stewart Parnell was convicted last fall of selling truckloads of

2023560198The Seattle Times reports that as many as 16 people were likely sickened with salmonella poisoning from raw eggs used in Father’s Day weekend brunch dishes served at Tallulah’s restaurant in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, health officials said Wednesday.

Victims in the June 21 outbreak ranged in ages from 4 to 71, officials with Public

map-07-21-2015As of July 20, 2015, 62 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) have been reported from 11 states. Eleven ill people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.  The number of ill people reported from each state is as follows: Arizona (11), California (34), Illinois (1), Michigan

NOTICE OF SENTENCING HEARING as to STEWART PARNELL, MICHAEL PARNELL, SAMUEL LIGHTSEY, MARY WILKERSON: Sentencing set for 9/21/2015 10:00 AM in Albany before US DISTRICT JUDGE W LOUIS SANDS. (jbk) (Entered: 07/16/2015)

NOTICE OF SENTENCING HEARING as to SAMUEL LIGHTSEY: Sentencing RESET for 10/1/2015 03:00 PM in Albany before US DISTRICT JUDGE W LOUIS SANDS.

CDC Warning: Consumers should check their freezers for recalled frozen chicken products and should not eat them. Retailers should not sell them and restaurants should not serve them.

Recall-Graphic-GENERIC-01-16-09-18494940-300x169Prior Salmonella outbreaks linked to same products

In 2014 Minnesota Public health and agriculture investigators in identified 6 cases of Salmonella Enteriditis linked to consumption of Antioch

Screen-Shot-2015-07-12-at-10.19.28-PM-300x148The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has joined public health officials in two other states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate a foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis associated with pre-packaged stuffed chicken products. The OSDH is informing consumers of the products that have been recalled due to this outbreak,

Screen Shot 2015-07-16 at 3.57.56 AMAspen Foods, A Division of Koch Poultry Company, a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,978,680 pounds of frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken product that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken items were produced

Screen Shot 2015-07-12 at 10.19.28 PMBarber Foods, a Portland, Maine establishment, is recalling approximately 1,707,494 pounds of frozen, raw stuffed chicken products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The chicken products were produced between February 17, 2015 and May 20, 2015. To view a full list